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Posted: 3/28/2022 10:54:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yea somehow they associate the early 80s with millenials....and births in the 2000s  Millennials were not born in the 2000s. That's Gen Z. Millennials were born between 1981 and 1996. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 10:54:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My first streetbike was a 1979 CB750F with the twin cam motor. I got my learners permit at 15 years and one day old, at 15.5 I took my riding test and had my motorcyle license a full 6 months before my my automobile license. Then in 1984, about a month before high school graduation, I used money earned from my job and a commercial mowing company myself and my Brothers had started, I bought a leftover 1983 GPZ750. I have been on motorcycles since I was 6 or 7. Had an endorsement for almost 40 years. Christ...there was a three year span in Socal that my only transport was an FZR1000. I have something like 250K on a motorcycle just during the time I lived in Socal (10 years).... The current Hot rod is a Ducati 1299.... I do miss them, sold the Suzuki picked up a Honda Sabre VF700, much more comfortable on longer cruses. I gave them up in the early 90s, but miss riding. I get my fix on my quad now. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 10:55:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Aren’t gen x before 1980? I thought 1980+ were considered millennials. 1981-1996. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 11:00:41 AM EDT
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I blew off school to see Ozzy and Metallica in May, 1986. That was a good day.
I blew off work on a Thursday (7 Aug 1986) to go see queensryche open for AC/DC. It was a good gen-x day too. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 11:01:09 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/28/2022 2:15:57 PM EDT
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Born in 1979. I'm Gen X and proud of it.
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Posted: 3/28/2022 2:53:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1978 Yamaha 175 Enduro https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/9749/Yamaha_DT175_78__2-2329043.jpg 2 stroke... I had to carry around a bottle of 2-cycle oil to put in the little tank on the side. Always topped it off when I stopped and got gas I had that exact same bike,got it on my 16th Bday. I rode that thing all winter regardless of weather snow on the roads. Oil pump failed and it seized up,I rebuilt the top and just started running mix. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 2:57:06 PM EDT
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I remember riding around on my Honda Express moped at 12. I was a dirty poor, so I could not afford a Honda Spree scooter.
Gen-X rules |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 3:36:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Man, I finally watched the whole thing last night and it's depressing, the 80's were great even though I was a kid. 6-16. The fact that you can’t even ride in the back of a pickup anymore says it all. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 4:02:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The fact that you can’t even ride in the back of a pickup anymore says it all. Eh, my kids still ride in the back of my truck. But not like I did when I was a kid. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 4:12:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Class of '89 checking in. Born in '71 What's up? Same. Late, but checking in. Miss the old days... |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 4:44:05 PM EDT
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It was pretty damn fun time to grow up.
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Posted: 3/28/2022 4:50:24 PM EDT
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Boomers: We were really cool, we all listened to a band named after a dildo!
Millennials: OMG, chicks hair was huge! GenX: At least our chicks had huge hair and not huge dicks. Ugly Kid Joe will always be high school in the 90s to me.   Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You (Official Music Video) Let us not forget when talk show hosts were somewhat respectable and made the mistake of calling 2 Live Crew on the show.  Even the Boomer dudes be like dat ass.  Donahue - 2 Live Crew, The Funk Shop Anyone remember Green Jelly?  Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs (Official Video) |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 4:53:25 PM EDT
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78' here, what a different (better) world it was. I wanted the G.I. Joe aircraft carrier so damn bad. My parents couldn't afford one so my dad made one out of wood for me. He was the man.
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Posted: 3/28/2022 4:54:11 PM EDT
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I graduated in '83 and spent the rest of that decade dirt poor, stressed out with college, busting my ass for the $3.25 bus ticket home to work all weekend, find a ride back 12 miles too the bus stop just to get back to school and hope my friends would pick me up 9 miles from the bus station back to school.
After that, I was homeless for a while, living in a camper shell in the back of my truck and showering at a sewage treatment plant I worked at. Pretty much summed up the 90's too working 3 jobs to stay afloat. Had 11 days off a year, including weekends and holidays. And it was STILL a good time. Hard times, but good. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 4:56:24 PM EDT
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Quoted: The definitive guide to the greatest decade to be alive.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry9AsSO7hToBorn in 74’. Class of 92’. Born in '74, Class of '92 Interesting years in which we have lived. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 5:38:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Boomers: We were really cool, we all listened to a band named after a dildo! Millennials: OMG, chicks hair was huge! GenX: At least our chicks had huge hair and not huge dicks. Ugly Kid Joe will always be high school in the 90s to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byEGjLU2egALet us not forget when talk show hosts were somewhat respectable and made the mistake of calling 2 Live Crew on the show. Even the Boomer dudes be like dat ass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iViMrXn5IIsAnyone remember Green Jelly? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtffv9bpB-UDo I remember Green Jelly? Fuck yeah I do. Hell I remember when they were called Green Jello and had to change their name to Green Jelly because Jello got their panties in a wad. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 8:19:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryHoly crap. I think I had one of those! |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 8:28:47 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/28/2022 8:32:41 PM EDT
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Present and accounted for.
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Posted: 3/28/2022 9:43:18 PM EDT
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Just sat through the whole hour plus of the Vid in he OP, man did it bring back some great memories. I now have at least a dozen movies I want to stream now.
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Posted: 3/28/2022 9:56:50 PM EDT
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Quoted: The definitive guide to the greatest decade to be alive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry9AsSO7hToBorn in 74’. Class of 92’. Hnh. He put up another one. Different world, and yet it was radically different than the world that came before. His other ones are good too. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 9:58:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Aren’t gen x before 1980? I thought 1980+ were considered millennials. There is no solid date and never will be, because it's not about dates, it's about shared experiences. I know people born 5-8 years after me who I relate to better than I do with a few who are older, and I came at the very end of gen x. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 9:59:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1980s is not gen x Old man, you forgot to take your prevagen and geritol and are sundowning pretty badly. 
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Posted: 3/28/2022 10:04:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was born in early 79, I have no idea what I am. We're the end of the cohort and cusp between gen X and mill. We didn't have social media or a cell phone till college, and are the last to remember the world before a ubiquitous internet (1993-1995ish) ... if you're the person who can explain millenial nonsense and tech to your boomer parents ... 
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Posted: 3/28/2022 10:05:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I wish I had the USS Flagg. My parents were poor. The two big wheels we had were both second hand. One was technically my brothers. @TheTallest I asked my Mom for the USS Flagg again recently….she checked eBay and said it was still too expensive. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 10:06:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Born in ‘71…not reading the whole thread but have we discussed waiting on the new Soldier of Fortune mag to hit the stand or my US Cavalry catalog to show up in the mail. Yesssss US Cavalry!!! Also ‘71 checking in. Aka best year. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 10:08:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Didn't He-Man bang She-Ra? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I remember the 80's It was a good time to be a kid. https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/kathy-ireland-swimsuit-1989-february-07-1989-sports-illustrated-cover.jpg https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmZkNDM0NmUtZTFkZS00ODBiLWJjNDMtNWM4MmMzYWQ1ZmI5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjQwMDg0Ng@@._V1_.jpg https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/lineups/02gneSKPz21hPs4X7Ql9hwb-1..v1577151441.jpg https://2l7g9kgsh281akevs49v281d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_3901-1132x639.jpg Didn't He-Man bang She-Ra? No, it's more like she-ra killed he-man.  The Fall of a Toy Empire: A He-Man and The Masters of the Universe Retrospective | Part 3 |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 10:09:50 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Bring back the parachute pants !!! |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 10:10:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Taking a jump on your BMX bike, slipping off the seat and crushing your nuts on the bar. All you could do was ride it out. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The kid in the 2nd pic has that look of, "Holy shit this landing is gonna hurt !! But the flight sure was worth it." And I can totally relate to that. Jumping our bikes; misjudging the speed or trajectory and hitting either a tree, your friend, some big-ass rock. Or just slamming into the ground after a 3-4 second flight and winding up with God-knows-what stuck in your hair, your knees, your elbows, your eye(s), or just sticking out of the hole it just made. And if you wore a helmet or knee or elbow pads, you got called a fag. Hell, you'd get shit if you wore a shirt, most of the time. Shorts and shoes were basically all we wore in the summer. And sometimes shoes were optional. BEST FUCKING TIME OF MY LIFE! Taking a jump on your BMX bike, slipping off the seat and crushing your nuts on the bar. All you could do was ride it out. Pfff. You didn't have the hard plastic seat that did virtually the same thing? Also, have the vertical scars on your shins healed up completely? |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 10:11:59 PM EDT
[#31]
Everyone wanted to be a Ninja and carried Shuriken Stars.
  
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Posted: 3/28/2022 10:16:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wrong Gen X go to 1982-1984 depending where you look. Also I know many 1985-1986 that are far from "Millenials". Eta. Should be a transitional addendum to the Gen X for those non millenial early millenials. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Aren’t gen x before 1980? I thought 1980+ were considered millennials. Wrong Gen X go to 1982-1984 depending where you look. Also I know many 1985-1986 that are far from "Millenials". Eta. Should be a transitional addendum to the Gen X for those non millenial early millenials. The in-between. Happens between every generation. oregon trail / xennial / etc is the term you're looking for. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 10:24:01 PM EDT
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 *cue obligatory snapping neck sounds* |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 11:00:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Everyone wanted to be a Ninja and carried Shuriken Stars. https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/254935735866_/Ninjutsu-The-Art-of-the-Invisible-Warrior-by.jpg https://static.turbosquid.com/Preview/2015/06/15__13_07_31/1.png30895801-204c-454b-ab1f-2f642e72d806Zoom.jpg Ha! I still have three ninja stars I acquired circa 1980. 
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Posted: 3/28/2022 11:06:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: } Yesssss US Cavalry!!! Also ‘71 checking in. Aka best year. Quote HistoryQuoted: } Quoted: Born in ‘71…not reading the whole thread but have we discussed waiting on the new Soldier of Fortune mag to hit the stand or my US Cavalry catalog to show up in the mail. Yesssss US Cavalry!!! Also ‘71 checking in. Aka best year. Man...US Calvary...used to goto the store in Radcliff when we would goto the Patton Museum |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 11:09:57 PM EDT
[#36]
Class of '85 checking in....
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Posted: 3/28/2022 11:12:44 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Man...US Calvary...used to go to the store in Radcliff when we would go to the Patton Museum My wife is from Vine Grove. I'd hit up US Cavalry and Gold Nugget Army Surplus whenever we were down there. |
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Posted: 3/28/2022 11:28:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/28/2022 11:31:17 PM EDT
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Ahhh, ninja stars.
The funniest thing? I have a couple of elementary school yearbooks with drawings of "Rambo's knife" and "Rambo's gun" shooting at people. These days...  Which means our parents too us to see First Blood.
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Posted: 3/29/2022 1:03:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Parachute pants with a Members Only jacket complimented by a skinny tie from Chess King. Chess King was the shit back in the day!
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Posted: 3/29/2022 1:04:31 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Are Gen X the new vegans and crossfitters? Not just no, FUCK NO! |
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Posted: 3/29/2022 1:11:55 AM EDT
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HS class of 87 and born in 69 a few days before Woodstock. ????
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Posted: 3/29/2022 1:37:49 AM EDT
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What the hell is going on in here? It smells like Drakkar, hairspray, lip gloss, and sex ... with an ever so slight hint of the doobage.
HS Class '87. Pilot of a '79 Chevy Monza with towing package for subdivision autocross excellence. |
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Posted: 3/29/2022 5:51:49 AM EDT
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Born 1969, Class of 88. Good times, Good times.
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Posted: 3/29/2022 6:40:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Had a pair. They were comfortable. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Bring back the parachute pants !!! But did you also have the moon boots?  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/29/2022 6:44:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/417902/20220328_202048_jpg-2329933.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/417902/20220328_202126_jpg-2329934.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/417902/20220328_202227_jpg-2329935.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/417902/20220328_202356_jpg-2329936.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/417902/20220328_202506_jpg-2329937.JPG You can still find them on Tubi. My son has watched them all several times. Proud papa moment. |
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Posted: 3/29/2022 6:58:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI think I still have at least one or two left, ordered from a ninja magazine.
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Posted: 3/29/2022 7:05:22 AM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: @TheTallest I asked my Mom for the USS Flagg again recently….she checked eBay and said it was still too expensive. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I wish I had the USS Flagg. My parents were poor. The two big wheels we had were both second hand. One was technically my brothers. @TheTallest I asked my Mom for the USS Flagg again recently….she checked eBay and said it was still too expensive. When I was a kid we took all of my Joe’s behind the house into the woods and destroyed them. Now as an adult I wish I still had them. I’ve been contemplating on going behind my parents house to try and find the parts. But every now and then I scour eBay for them. They’re so ridiculous in price now. 
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Posted: 3/29/2022 7:11:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My wife is from Vine Grove. I'd hit up US Cavalry and Gold Nugget Army Surplus whenever we were down there. When the kids got old enough to take to the Patton Museum we used to go to the Golden Nugget Army Surplus Store. I would give each of them twenty bucks and they would go nuts. I bought a lot of stuff from Golden Nugget. Sadly just like the all of the armor at the Patton Museum, Golden Nugget is gone |
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